Filter.



W. L. MORRIS.

FILTER.

APPLICATIONVFILED APR.25. 1910.

lPateted. Apr. 27, 191.5.

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To all whom it may concern form may be set up vthe specification and LLIAM L. MORRIS, OIF CHICAGQ'ILLINOIS, MIG-NOR T0 S. F. BOWSER C0., -INKL,

` 0F FORT WA, INDIANA, A. CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

JFIILTER.

Spectcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 2t', 11915.

Application tiled 4April 25, 1910. Serial No. 557,318.

Be it known that l, WILLIAM L. MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Filters, .of which the followlng is a specication.

rThis invention relates to filters, and has for its primary object to provide an improved construction, combination' and arrangement o'f partsin oil filters. One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improved lter in which a lilter bag or sleeve of well known in a restricted space without interfering with the filtering action through any portion of said bag or sleeve.

More specifically, one of the objects is to provide improved means for mounting the sleeve or bag whereby the material of which the bag or sleeve is composed mayl be disposed in collapsed formation, while the adjacentr folds of the material are held out of contact with each other. Another object is to provide an improved construction, combination and arrangement of parts in a device of this nature, enabling the filter to be simply and economically constructed, and for providing a filter which can be readily dismantled and cleaned. Another object .is to provide improved means for maintaining a pressure head upon one or more filters.

Another object iste provide improved@ means for removing water and other relatively heavy portions of the fluid before its passage through the lter.

Other and further objects will appear in be more specifically Apointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings exemplifying the invention and in which- Figure 1 is a section of one form of filter @constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention, the several parts being separated one from another along the airisv of the filter Fig. 2 is a section of anotherembodiment; Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of the filter shown in Fig. 1, theA filter housing having been removed; and Fig. 4 is'an enf larged detail section of the peripheral edge of one of the reticulated screens vfor separat-` ing -adjacent folds of the'vfilter-bag or sleeve.

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rings and screens, is gathered `Referring more particularly to the drawbus ing 4, said bushing 5 being provided with a vertical iiange 10 extending about the packing 9 around said inlet nozzle. Surrounding the inlet nozzle 8 is a thimble 11 which completely incloses said inlet nozzle with the exception of -its upper end. Said thimble l1 is provided with a base liange 12 for `supporting the base member or disk 13, peripheral flange presently. Withadjacent the cenis mounted con 14, to be again referred to in a cup-shaped hollow 15 ter of the base member 13 centrically 16 therefor, said housing being provided at the top with a suitable cap or cover 17 for closing the same. At suitable points within the cylindrical walls of the housing 16 are provided a by screw threads or in any other suitable manner to the top of thethimble 11 is a washer or spider 19a for supporting the housing 16 concentrically with the inlet nozzle 8, said washer or disk being provided with openings 20 therethrough. The vbas/e member 13. is imperforate in construction -and has tightly secured thereto about the peripheral flange 14 one end of a flexible filter sleeve or bag 21, the preferable means being to sai sleeve and flange 14. In order to mount' the sleeve or bag within a small space or a peculiar form is imparted thereby empl with the `inlet nozzle 8, a housing.

ling 1 is connected with a threaded bushing 4, provided with an an plurality of apertures or opena ings 18, 19, for unfiltered fluid. Connected ass a binding w1re or string 22 about oying a plurality -of pervious or reticulated 'screens 24, said screens beingprovidedj centrally 'withapertures adapting them to gather vthe sleeve or bag about the, housing 16. The bag or sleeve, after having been passed between and about the several about the top of the lions' 16 (see Figs. 1 and 3) by a wire or other exible tie 25, so that any fluid which passes into the housing 16 can pass into the'filter housing' 7 only by passing through the sleeve or bag 21. Threaded to the cap 17 and.- extending through a domelike cover 26, which rests upon the uppermost screen 24, is a screw 27 provided along .its axis within the housing 16 with a square socket 28. Connected to the upper end of the inlet nozzle 8 is a valve 29 provided with valve passages 30, said valve being reciprocable into and out of the nozzle 8 by being rotated upon its axis. For the purpose of imparting this rotation to the valve to regulate the inlet of fluid, said valve is provided above with a rectangular stem 31, which slidably engages in the socket 28 of the roassed over the cylindrical chamber 32 andA mclosed in the bag or sleeve 35. For gatheringthe sleeve around the c lindrical chamber 32 a plurality of rings 3 are employed. After the filtered fluid reaches the chamber 32, 1t passes upwardly through an outlet 38. By referring to Fig. 4, the ,detail construction of` one of the circular screens 24 or 36 may be seen. In this figure, a central corrugated disk 39 is disposed between two screens 40 and 41, said screens being clamped together around the outer peripheral edges y a channeled .section 42. It w1ll be noted that the central disk 39 terminates short of the periphery, thereby leavmg a passage for the Huid after it has passed through the filter sleeve.

When/the pressure of the iiuid to be filtered distends the sleeve, the folds are pressed a ainst the screens 40, 41, s aced apart by t e corrugated disks 3 9, whic per- -mit the li'uid to -flow from between the l screens and the aced folds.

I' closed I n 0 eration,` e valve 29 is opened or y moving it up or down inthe threaded nozzle member, the rotation of the.

lbase member 13,' the housing 16, and the thimblevll bein '27 is turned. 'T epacking ring 9 1s preferably composed of fibrous material, or the like, which constitutes a filter for any fluid which may escape from the housing between the nozzle member 16 and the thimble 11.

What I claim is- 1. The ncombination with a filtering sleeve `gathered at intervals to form a plu- -low the said flange;

'effected when the. screw' i posed outside of rality ofl circular superposed folds, of a spring ring to distend the folds, and annular spacing screens disposed between the said folds and each comprising a pair of reticulated annular screens, a corrugated disk` disposed between the screens, and means to bind the screens and the disk together at lthe edges.

2. The combination 'with a filtering sleeve gathered at intervals to form a plurality of circular superposed folds, of a spring ring to distend the folds, and annular spacing screens disposedl between the said folds and each comprising a pair of reticulated annular screens, a corrugated disk disposed between the screens and of smaller outer diameter than the screens, and means to' bind the inner edges of the screens .and disk together.

3. The combination with a filtering sleeve gathered at intervals 'to form a plurality of circular .superposed folds, 'of a' cylindrical perforated housing about which the sleeve is disposed, means to distend the folds 'of the sleeve, and annular spacing rings substantially as' wide as the folds and disposed betweenV them, and operative to press the gathered portions of the sleeve against the housing.

4. The combination with a perforated cylindrical housing, of 'a filtering sleeve larger than said housing, means to distend the sleeve and means to draw the sleeve at intervals, against the housing, 'to form superposed folds, said means being also adapted to space the folds apart when the sleeve is distended from within, and means to 'secure the sleeve at the ends to the housing.

5. In a filter, the combination with a casing member, of a nozzlev member dispose within the casing, a thimble surrounding the nozzle member and having a bearing flange at the bottom, packing disposed bea base member supported by the said ange, a perforated cylindrical housing secured to the base mem'- ber, a filtering sleeve gathered at intervals about` the housing to -form a pluralit superposed folds, means to distend the olds of the sleeve, and means to bind the gatheredportions of the sleeve about the.

member, of a perforated cylindrical heus,

ing secured thereto,` a filtering sleeve con` necte'd at one end to the base memberV and at the other end to the housingfa nozzle member inountedin the bottom of the filter and rotruding throughthe base into the lin ical housing, a'thimble member disthe nozzle member and rot thereto, the last named ormed with a' flange upon tatable with r member being which the said base member rests, and a valve positioned at the inner end of the nozzle member.

7. In a filter, the combination with a base member, of a perforated cylindrical housing secured thereto, a filtering sleeve connected at one end to the base member and at the other end to the housing, a nozzle member mounted in the bottom of the filter and protruding through the base into the cylindrical housing, a valve positioned within the housing at the end of the nozzle, and means to regulate the valve from without the filter.

8. In a filter, the combination with the filter casing lof a nozzle projecting inwardly from the bottom thereof andv being internally threaded at the inner end, aperforated cylindrical housing 4member rotatable about the nozzle, filtering packing material disposed between the said member and the nozzle, a filtering sleeve member secured to the housing, and a valve threaded in the end of the nozzle and having a projecting portion to engage with the housing, the rotation of the housing being eilective to adjust the opening of the valve.

9. In a filter, the combination with the` projecting iniilter casing of a nozzle wardly from the bottom thereof and being internally threaded at the inner end, a perforated cylindrical housing member rotatable about the nozzle, filtering packing material disposed between the said member and the nozzle, a filtering sleeve member secured to the housing, a valve threaded in the end of the nozzle having an upwardly projecting portion, and means attached to the top of the housing formed with a recess to engage the said upwardly projecting portion, the Valve being adjusted by rotating the housing, and the housing being removable by lifting it free of the nozzle member andthe projecting portion of the valve.

10. A filter element comprising a fabric bag or cylinder woven in' and out over two sets of rings of different diameters to form a series of accordion-like folds, one set of,

said rings having spacing and supporting means extending between adjacent folds and anv interior inlet member within the' fabric bag or cylinder, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 12th day of April A. D. 1910.

WILLIAM L. MORRIS. rlljVitnesses:

ROY C. WALKER, FREDERICK G. WEni. 

